About the campaign and the federal judiciary. And tony perkins looks at evangelical voters in the november election. We will also take your calls and you can join the conversation on facebook and twitter. Washington journal is next. 550 for president donald j. Trump. President trump and Vice President mike pence were officially renominated for the gop ticket this november. We will get your thoughts on the first day of the Republican Convention, from rollcall call to the speeches last night, and a preview of tonights lineup. Here are your lines. If you are supporting the president this november, dial in 202 7488000. If you are supporting joe biden, your line is 202 7488001. If you are undecided, please call us at 202 7488002. Your first name, city, and state at 202 7488003. Or facebook tor join the conversation. We will begin with one of the keynote speakers, the president s son, donald trump, jr. [video clip] after eight years of slow growth, trumps policies have been rocket fuel to th
Harris as joe bidens running mate, and Congress Inertia on coronavirus relief. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity wealth management. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning that the u. S. Coronavirus death toll could hit 200,000 by labor day. That as the u. S. Suffered its highest daily number of deaths since midmay more than 1,500. Coast to coast, states are recording bleak firsts. California became the first state to top 600,000 infections, while georgia had its deadliest day on record. We will hear
Harris as joe bidens running mate, and Congress Inertia on coronavirus relief. All that and more, on tonights pbs newshour. Major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by fidelity wealth management. Financial Services Firm raymond james. Johnson johnson. The john s. And james l. Knight foundation. Fostering informed and engaged communities. More at kf. Org. And with the ongoing support of these institutions and friends of the newshour. This program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. And by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. Woodruff the centers for Disease Control and prevention is warning that the u. S. Coronavirus death toll could hit 200,000 by labor day. That as the u. S. Suffered its highest daily number of deaths since midmay more than 1,500. Coast to coast, states are recording bleak firsts. California became the first state to top 600,000 infections, while georgia had its deadliest day on record. We will hear
I am michelle griego. I am len keise. Lets get to meteorologist mary lee with the hot forecast. Here we go, we are looking at our extreme heat continuing for us today and with it, with those daytime highs, likely tying or breaking records. We have some cooling centers open. Santa rosa will have them from 11 00 to 7 00 four people trying to get some relief from the heat at Rincon Valley library and the Salvation Army senior center. If you do go out there, you will need to wear your mask as well as social distance. In santa rosa, highs are in the triple digits. It is 104 in concord and around the bay, low to mid 80s. 80 for San Francisco and 86 for oakland. Because of this extreme heat, excessive heat warnings remain in effect due to this persistent and dangerous heat and it remains in effect not just for today but actually through 9 00 wednesday. So we are still looking at the heat and going to cool down a little bit. Temperatures will be slightly erdeils up in just a bit firefighters a
Let me just start by saying thank you to each and every one of you for being here this afternoon. I know it has been a very trying week on top of some very trying years and i appreciate the Vice President and his team being here today and taking some time to meet with our iowa farmers that have been impacted by the Severe Weather we just experienced. I have spent the last two days touring the damage and as you all know, it is devastating and it is widespread. From flattened cornfields to destroyed grain bins and structures, its another huge load to iowas farmers. Early, and i will stress early, estimates show at least 10 million crop acres have been impacted, which is half of our cropland and that does not include bins, structures and storage that we have moving forward. Hundreds of thousands are without power. At its peak, we had 550,000 households that did not have power, including 97 of linn county. Throughout the devastation, the resilience and determination continues to show throu